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Monday, August 25, 2014

ALERT! The CDC is NOT Requiring Cremation Or A Chain of Custody For Ebola Infected Bodies

In a surprising turn of events favoring aspiring biological terrorists the CDC is allowing Ebola infected bodies to be buried in hermetically sealed caskets. Use of cremation is optional.

Disposition of Remains:

"Remains should be cremated or buried promptly in a hermetically sealed casket.

Once the bagged body is placed in the sealed casket, no additional cleaning is needed unless leakage has occurred.

No PPE is needed when handling the cremated remains or the hermetically sealed closed casket."

The concerning thing about CDC's decision is that a readily field improvised bio-weapon will only be a few feet of dirt away from an aspiring terrorist. Moreover, since the CDC is also not requiring a clear chain of supervised security for the infected dead body, a slightly more enterprising terrorist could readily intercept the Ebola infected bodily fluids even prior to burial.

Edited to add Analysis:

The only way this set of handling requirements for Ebola infected bodies makes sense is ifthe CDC expects such a high body count the protecting access to them is pointless